I don't want to sound like some grumpy old man telling you to get off my lawn.

Nothing is a violent as football and I bet you like. Just say you don't like it, or can't identify, don't come up with excuses like "It's too violent" while you wear some team's NFL jersey.

Chats are so new to newspapers, historically. But they're so incredibly valuable because editors/reporters/columnists get to find out what's on the minds of our readers, what you think we should be writing about, what ticks you off, what makes you happy. Sometimes it can confirm what you think readers are interested in; sometimes it can turn you around 180 degrees.

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

Somebody once told me that whatever you're listening to at 30 years old is going to be what you listen to for life and that's largely true.

God, I'm glad I grew up in a time when kids followed sports in the newspaper and on TV and knew every sport.

Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.